When Words Fail

 Hello Friends!

I'm sharing a pretty card today that I have created with a beautiful sentiment, Music Speaks, from Technique Junkies. The sentiment, and some pretty papers, made this card come together very quickly.

Sad to see Christmas behind us. The grandkids are on their way to their new home in Colorado Springs, and the house seems so empty and quiet. We did SO many fun things, and made lots of Christmas memories...

So glad you stopped by today!

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Be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and do a little crafty shopping!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Music Speaks

Hello there!

I have a pretty lovely card to share today, so glad you dropped by.

For this card, I used two new release stamps. The piano image is #SD1012 Piano Key Border, and the sentiment used is #SDX166 Music Speaks. These were stamped with Catherine Pooler Midnight Ink. Next, I used an old favorite, #S857 Burst, to stamp in blue ink behind the sentiment. This panel was matted with a strip of black, and the panel was adhered to a blue card base.

Our daughter is a music lover, so these stamps really stole my heart!

Super easy! Give it a try!

So glad you stopped by today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% at any other time, by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Now, be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and check out their incredible stamps!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

The Musical

Good morning!  If you are like me, you like music.  ALL music!  On any given day, I have music playing while I work.  My taste goes from hymns and gospel, to Aerosmith, and everything in between!  So, when the February new release at the Die-Versions store was 'The Musical', I couldn't wait to get my happy mail!  Here's the first card that I created with one of my new dies:

This card uses the Die-Versions Whispers "Rosy Music" #DVW-327.  I had seen 'piano' cards in the past, and thought it would be a great way to showcase this beautiful die.

To make this card, I just cut strips of white and black cardstock.  I outlined the white strips with a gray Copic marker to give them some depth (too much, actually!), and just adhered them to my card base. Added the black strips and a ribbon (left over from our daughter and son-in-laws reception last year) and voila!  What fun.  Since I'm a Chemo Angel/Senior Angel, I use a LOT of Thinking of You cards, so the sentiment was not difficult to decide on.

This next card was fun, too!  So often, we get these border dies, and use them only at the very top of a page. I recalled this fun row of spring flowers and sentiment from DoodlePantry.com, and thought that this die (Die-Versions DVW-335 "Music Waterfall")would be a perfect division between the image and the sentiment.

The flowers are pre-colored - the only addition is a touch of glossy accents on the orange flowers. I think you can see the shine if you enlarge the photo.

Of course, I used my Perfect Papercrafting Tools for the great mat!  Notice that I used two sizes!!!
I think this card will certainly brighten someones day, and I'm sure we are all ready to sing those songs of spring!

I hope you'll check out the Die-Versions blog for more beautiful samples using the February release dies!

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Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.